• I.S. EN ISO 14091:2021

    Current The latest, up-to-date edition.

    Adaptation to climate change - Guidelines on vulnerability, impacts and risk assessment

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  21-03-2021

    Publisher:  National Standards Authority of Ireland

    For Harmonized Standards, check the EU site to confirm that the Standard is cited in the Official Journal.
    Only cited Standards give presumption of conformance to New Approach Directives/Regulations.

    Dates of withdrawal of national standards are available from NSAI.

    Add To Cart

    Table of Contents - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    Foreword
    Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
    4 Introduction to climate change risk assessment
    5 Preparing a climate change risk assessment
    6 Implementing a climate change risk assessment
    7 Reporting and communicating climate change risk assessment results
    Annex A (informative) Linking vulnerability and risk management concepts — Change of the conceptual framework between IPCC AR4 and IPCC AR5
    Annex B (informative) Risk assessment and uncertainty — Climate and non-climatic scenarios
    Annex C (informative) Examples of impact chains and dos and don’ts when developing impact chains
    Annex D (informative) Example of a screening matrix
    Annex E (informative) Examples of indicators for risk and vulnerability assessments
    Annex F (informative) Aggregating indicators and risk components
    Annex G (informative) Components of adaptive capacity
    Annex H (informative) Assessing adaptive capacity
    Bibliography

    Abstract - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    This document gives guidelines for assessing the risks related to the potential impacts of climate change.

    General Product Information - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    Committee ISO/TC 207
    Document Type Standard
    Product Note The date of any NSAI previous adoption may not match the date of its original CEN/CENELEC document.
    Publisher National Standards Authority of Ireland
    Status Current
    • Access your standards online with a subscription

      Features

      • Simple online access to standards, technical information and regulations
      • Critical updates of standards and customisable alerts and notifications
      • Multi - user online standards collection: secure, flexibile and cost effective